Fatal varicella in a healthy girl.
A fatal case of chickenpox in a healthy 6-year-old girl is reported. She presented with hemorrhagic bullae from thrombocytopenia and then progressed rapidly to disseminated infection involving many systems causing myocarditis, pneumonitis and hepatitis. A peculiar blood picture with marked leukocytosis (leukemoid reaction) is revised and discussed.
Teravanichpong
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Division of Pediatrics, Royal-Irrigation Hospital, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Chuangsuwanich
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D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000209:etiology; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000382:microbiology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000382:microbiology; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000209:etiology